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Mentally disabled man beaten for saying, “Hey, I like your shirt”
WOKV.com ^ | 7-6-2011 | Kevin Rincon

Posted on 07/06/2011 9:21:44 AM PDT by Route797

Jacksonville, FL —

A Publix employee was attacked after complimenting a man with a Georgia Bulldogs T-shirt.

26-year-old James Wall said, “Hey, I like your shirt,” and that’s all it took for Ryan Keys to beat Wall outside of a Northside Publix.

The attack happened Friday at the Publix on Duval Station Road, but the details were not made public until recently.

Our news partner Channel 4 says Wall, the mentally disabled man was punched in the face so hard it knocked his two front teeth out; the teeth were found 10-12 feet from where he was laying.

Police described Keys as 6’4, 275 lbs.

Keys fled the scene in his brother’s car. Police later arrested the attacked at their home and was charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: crime; florida; georgia; moralabsolutes; ryankeys; thug; violence
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To: Blue Turtle

Don’t forget teaching people that they’re nothing but an accident of DNA, descended from animals, and nothing more than a glorified animal themselves.


21 posted on 07/06/2011 9:40:12 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Blue Turtle

Matthew 24:12
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.


22 posted on 07/06/2011 9:40:16 AM PDT by MsLady (Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
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To: Gena Bukin

“Hello, my name iz Ryan Keys and I got the intelligunce of a ice cube!


23 posted on 07/06/2011 9:40:27 AM PDT by JaguarXKE
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To: Gena Bukin


24 posted on 07/06/2011 9:40:34 AM PDT by tflabo ( to have been selected)
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To: Gena Bukin

Given his actions and looks...I’d say the mentally-disabled victim was certainly the smarter of the two.


25 posted on 07/06/2011 9:40:53 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Help stamp out crack-pull up your pants.)
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To: Route797
For a viciously attacking a defenseless person...the death penalty.
26 posted on 07/06/2011 9:41:43 AM PDT by ryan71 (Dear spell check - No, I will not capitalize the "m" in moslem!)
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To: raygunfan

“smiling in his booking photo”

He’s probably proud of himself.

On the other hand, I’d probably do the same if I was to get booked for something. Tom Delay lesson: Don’t let them have an unfortunate picture of you to flash around the web.

On the other other hand, if I was to get booked for something I might have the right to smile, but I might not have the ability. :)


27 posted on 07/06/2011 9:43:44 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Route797

More details in this story was too much work for the reporter.

Was Keys the man wearing the shirt at the time? Or was he someone who got ticked off because he heard the man say it to another customer. Maybe he doesn’t like the team?


28 posted on 07/06/2011 9:45:23 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: Route797
Found this at jailbase.com:

RYAN ALLEN KEYS

Booked by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on Jul. 01, 2011 for Obstruction, Other
Gender: M
Race: W
Height: 6 04
Weight: 275
Eyes: BLUE
Hair: BLONDE/STRAWBERRY
Facility: PDF
Age: 27
Charges:
* RESISTING OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE TO HIS OR HER PERSON
* AGGRAVATED BATTERY - CAUSE GREAT BODILY HARM, PERMANENT DISABILITY OR DISFIGUREMENT

Booked by Polk County Sheriff's Office on Jan. 27, 2011 for: Other
Gender: M
Race: W
Age: 27 (on date of arrest)
Height: 6 04
Weight: 270
Charges:
* 901.31 FAILURE TO APPEAR-WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR

Booked by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on Jan. 23, 2011 for: Other
Gender: M
Race: W
Height: 6 02
Weight: 270
Eyes: BROWN
Hair: UNKNOWN
Facility: PDF
Age: 27
Charges:
* FTA - FAILURE OF DEFENDANT ON BAIL TO APPEAR / CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR
29 posted on 07/06/2011 9:45:43 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Proud to be a (small) monthly donor.)
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To: Blue Turtle

Probably also has a lot to do with the guy just being a rotten jerk. There have been people like that all over the world, throughout history.


30 posted on 07/06/2011 9:48:51 AM PDT by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: Route797

A chain gang for a few years breaking rocks in the heat of the summer, would be a good thing for this piece of human debris.


31 posted on 07/06/2011 9:49:39 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Real hope and change comes in January 2013)
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To: submarinerswife
I wondered who wore the shirt, too.

My guess is Ryan Keys is a Gator fan and somebody else was wearing the GA shirt.

32 posted on 07/06/2011 9:49:58 AM PDT by ryan71 (Dear spell check - No, I will not capitalize the "m" in moslem!)
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To: Route797

Very sad story. Depending on the retarded man’s mental capacity, how would one explain to him “why?” Why did he get hurt for simply being friendly and telling someone he liked his shirt? Should a parent or close friend tell him to stop socializing with people completely unless he knew them very well? At our local grocery stores, we have Down Syndrome adults who bag groceries or pack the cars. They are very social and so happy to help someone. It infuriates me to think some jerk hurt a person based on a birth defect.


33 posted on 07/06/2011 9:50:31 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: Gena Bukin

THIS white boy’s “WHITE TRASH DETECTOR” just pegged so hard the needle wrapped around the upper limit pin.


34 posted on 07/06/2011 9:53:57 AM PDT by HKMk23 (YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE!)
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To: Route797

Hope the book gets thrown at him.


35 posted on 07/06/2011 9:54:59 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Route797

to be honest, I’d like to see a Judge sentence each of these clowns to 87,600 hours of community service specifically serving the mentally disabled in their area.

That’d be 24/7/365 for ten years, which ‘d pretty much guarantee they’d be serving that community for the rest of their lives.


37 posted on 07/06/2011 9:59:45 AM PDT by HKMk23 (YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE!)
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To: stuartcr

I would normally agree, but it seems this is happening all over more and more frequently (dodgers game, chicago riots, beach fight, etc).


38 posted on 07/06/2011 10:00:16 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: Route797

Cowardly scumbag.


39 posted on 07/06/2011 10:00:22 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: JoeDetweiler

More proof (as if i were needed) that Facebook often serves as a megaphone for retards.


40 posted on 07/06/2011 10:03:10 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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